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- Blair, Tom
- Blair, Tony – British politician
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- Bloom, Harold – American author, critic, educator, & scholar
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- Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme – French gourmet & lawyer
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- Bristol, Claude M.
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- Bromel, Henry
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- Bronte, Anne – English novelist and poet
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- Brown, Dean Gordon
- Brown, H. Jackson Jr.
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- Brown, John
- Brown, John Mason – American literary critic
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- Brown, Paul – American football coach & owner
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- Brown, Sam
- Browne, Sir Thomas
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- Bruyere, Jean de la – French moralist
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- Bryan, William Jennings – American lawyer, orator, & politician
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- Buchwald, Art – American author, columnist, dramatist, & journalist
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- Buddha – Indian philosopher & religious leader
- Buffett, Jimmy
- Buffett, Warren – American financier & investment businessman
- Buffon, Comte de – French mathematician & naturalist
- Bujold, Lois McMaster
- Bukowski, Charles – American (German-born) author & poet
- Bulfinch, Thomas – American writer
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward – English dramatist, novelist, & politician
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- Burgess, Mitchell
- Burgess, Thornton W.
- Burke, Edmund – Irish orator, philosopher, & politician
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- Burnett, Leo
- Burnham, Daniel H. – American architect & city planner
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- Burns, Dr. David M.
- Burns, Eric A.
- Burns, George – American actor & comedian
- Burns, Robert – Scottish national poet
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- Burritt, Elihu
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- Burroughs, Edgar Rice – American author, creator of Tarzan
- Burroughs, John – American essayist & naturalist
- Burroughs, William S. – American author
- Burton, Nat
- Burton, Robert – English author, clergyman, & scholar
- Burton, Sir Richard Francis – British explorer & orientalist
- Buscaglia, Leo – American author & lecturer
- Bush, Barbara – American wife of George Bush 1945
- Bush, George – 41st president of US
- Bush, George W. – 43rd President of US
- Bush, Vannevar – American electrical engineer
- Butler, Brett
- Butler, Nicholas
- Butler, R. A. – British (Indian-born) politician
- Butler, Samuel – English composer, novelist, & satiric author
- Buxton, Charles
- Byrne, Robert
- Byrnes, James F. – American jurist & politician
- Byron, Lord George Gordon – English poet & satirist
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